Sewing for Thursday Night's Quilt Guild Meeting

I started off this morning by finishing the two pillow cases I had almost finished for last meeting.  I would make one more but I don't really have any more suitable fabric right now.  These two aren't as nice and colourful as the first seven I made but maybe someone who plays an instrument or enjoys music will appreciate them.  These will go to Ryan's Case for Smiles and be given to children and youth who have extended stays at the IWK Children's Hospital.

I have had this quilt on the frame for a couple of months now but had not put a single stitch in it.  I knew what quilting design I wanted to do so I got out my manual and oiled my machine and got to it and around 4:30 this afternoon I had the quilting done and the quilt trimmed and ready for binding.  These rail fence blocks were made by members of my quilting guild and sewn together at a charity quilting day at one of our local quilt shops.

Here's a close up of the quilting called filigree.  I tried to keep my loops consistent.....

So now I have two days to get the binding made and sewn on and the quilt washed and ready to donate.  Should be easily doable.

Colourful Pillowcases for the IWK

Our guild is collecting colourful pillowcases for our local children's hospital in support of "Ryan's Case for Smiles" towards their September 2019 goal to sew as many "MILES" of pillowcases as possible.   FYI, 2122 pillowcases = one mile.

I have seven ready to hand in at tonight's guild meeting.  They looked nice hanging on the line to dry today.  I couldn't decide which picture I liked best so here are both of them.  This was taken when I  hung them out in dappled shade this morning.

And this one was taken just before I brought them in this afternoon sparkling in the sunshine.

Since I dried them on the line they were a little wrinkled so I ironed them and they smelled so good fresh off the line.

I have two more almost complete which I'll hand in at a later date.  I have to complete the French seams and wash them.

Cheerful Pillowcases for the IWK Children's Hospital

Our guild received an invitation to sew colourful pillowcases for our local children's hospital in support of "Ryan's Case for Smiles" and their September 2019 goal to sew as many "MILES" of pillowcases as possible.   FYI, 2122 pillowcases = one mile. 

I had just the right fabric.

And here are five cheerful pillowcases which equals .0024 of a mile.  

I'll have to do some digging and see if I can't find some more children's fabric so I can go a bit farther than that!

Two Pillow Cases to coordinate with the Irish Plaid Quilt

I was cleaning out the project box from the Irish Plaid Quilt I finished for a Christmas present and decided there were enough bits and pieces of the green fabrics to make the bands for two pillow cases.  There was plenty of the off white fabric for the cases themselves.  There were one and a half WoF strip pieced sections left over, so I only had to piece a half strip more.  I had little bits and pieces cut off the ends of other strips and luckily enough were long enough I could use them to "rail fence" the rest of the second band. The inside of the bands were made with dark green fabric.  The other side of the rail fenced pillow case looks the same as the striped band so if you want matching sides to show you can.

 

And here is the quilt

they coordinate with.

Here is a link to the Enclosed Seam Pillow Case Tutorial I use.

So, now that I have any empty project bin......

Chicken or Egg?

Today I have a quick finish of two pillowcases made of rooster, hen and egg themed fabrics. I use the "burrito" method so all seams are enclosed.

The fabric in the main body of the pillowcase is the same as the backing fabric on the Jacob's Ladder quilt which I finished in October of 2016.  To complete the chicken theme, I also quilted the Jacob's Ladder quilt using a pantograph by Patricia Ritter called Funky Feathers.

Here is another view of the Jacob's Ladder quilt.

Someday I would like to raise laying hens. However, as my father recently pointed out, there are seven days in a week, and not one is someday....